Profiling Violent Crimes

by Holmes, Ronald M.; Holmes, Stephen T.

• ISBN13: 9780803972391
• ISBN10: 0803972393
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-02-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

The second edition of Profiling Violent Crimes combines social and behavioural theory with practical criminology research to acquaint professionals and students with the general principles of profiling. New to this edition are chapters on the use of computers in profiling geoforensic information, paedophilia and arson.The authors provide a practical approach to assessing violent crimes and outlines crime scene elements which offer insight not only to the type of crime involved but also to the person who may have been involved in the commission of such a crime. They argue that profiling should be used as 'yet another forensic tool to compliment a thorough investigation'.

Author Biography

Ronald M. Holmes is Professor of Justice Administration at the University of Louisville. He is the author and editor of numerous books in the field, among them Murder in America, Second Edition, Current Perspectives on Sex Crimes, Sex Crimes, Second Edition, and Serial Murder, Second Edition. He is also the author of more than 50 articles appearing in scholarly publications. He is Vice President of the National Center for the Study of Unresolved Homicides and has completed more than 500 psychological profiles for police departments across the United States. He received his doctorate from Indiana University Stephen T. Holmes is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. Prior to this position, he was a social science analyst for the National Institute of Justice in Washington, D.C. He has authored 6 books and more than 15 articles dealing with policing, drug testing, probation and parole issues, and violent crime. He received his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	ix
Ronald M. Holmes
Psychological Profiling: An Introduction	1	(8)
Goals in Profiling	3	(3)
Profiling: An Art, Not a Science	6	(1)
Conclusion	7	(2)
Profiling in Fantasy and Fact	9	(17)
Sherlock Holmes: The Master Detective	9	(2)
Will Graham and The Red Dragon	11	(2)
Zoe Koehler: A Female Serial Murderer	13	(3)
Profiling in Fact	16	(3)
Profile of a Rape Case	19	(5)
Conclusion	24	(2)
Criminal Theories and Psychological Profiling	26	(9)
Psychology and the Criminal Personality	27	(3)
Psychiatry and Crime	30	(2)
Social Theories and Crime	32	(2)
Combining the Disciplines	34	(1)
The Rationale for Psychological Profiling	35	(11)
Personality and Crime	35	(3)
New Ways of Viewing the Personality	38	(1)
Assumptions of the Profiling Process	39	(4)
The Worth of the Psychological Profile	43	(2)
Conclusion	45	(1)
The Analysis of the Crime Scene	46	(15)
Beyond the Physical Evidence	46	(1)
A Psychological Profiling Typology	47	(8)
Crime Scene Differences	55	(5)
Conclusion	60	(1)
Profiling Serial Murderers	61	(31)
Typology of Serial Murderers	62	(5)
Serial Murderers: General Characteristics	67	(1)
A Serial Murderer's Perspective	68	(8)
Analysis of the Psyche of a Serial Killer	76	(3)
Profiling a Serial Murder Case	79	(3)
Additional Profiling Elements	82	(8)
Conclusion	90	(2)
Arson and Psychological Profiling	92	(21)
What Is Arson?	93	(1)
Statistics on Arson	94	(2)
Characteristics of the Fire Setter	96	(1)
Typologies of Fire Setters	97	(14)
Organized Versus Disorganized Personality in the Arsonist	111	(1)
Conclusion	112	(1)
Psychological Profiling and Rape	113	(20)
Definitions of Rape	114	(1)
Statistics on Rape	114	(2)
Selected Characteristics of Rapists	116	(1)
Psychology and Rape	117	(2)
Typology of Rapists	119	(13)
Conclusion	132	(1)
Pedophilia and Psychological Profiling	133	(15)
Definition of Terms	134	(2)
Typology of Pedophiles	136	(6)
Profiling Child Molesters	142	(4)
Conclusion	146	(2)
Geography, Profiling, and Predatory Criminals	148	(18)
Distance	149	(3)
Mental Maps	152	(1)
Criminals and Mobility	153	(2)
Geography and Victim Selection	155	(2)
The Nature of Geographic Profiling	157	(1)
Considerations in Geographic Profiling	158	(4)
Computerized Geographic Analyses	162	(3)
Conclusion	165	(1)
Computer Database Construction for Psychological Profiling	166	(14)
Choosing the Software	167	(1)
The Basics	167	(2)
Menu Systems and Command Structure	169	(3)
Adding New Records	172	(2)
Querying the Database File	174	(2)
The Average Command	176	(1)
The List Command	177	(1)
Complex Data Analysis	178	(1)
Conclusion	178	(2)
The Victim in Psychological Profiling	180	(8)
Elements in the Victim Profiling Process	180	(7)
Conclusion	187	(1)
Profiling and the Future	188	(7)
Additional Uses for Profiling	189	(1)
Education and Training for Profiling	190	(1)
Computerized Monitoring	191	(1)
Computerized Profiling	192	(1)
Conclusion	193	(2)
Suggested Further Reading	195	(2)
References	197	(6)
Index	203	(4)
About the Authors	207